By Vivia Chen From The Careerist

I’ve been worried that the Alan Dershowitz Show is coming to a close. After writing a bunch of posts about the allegations that Dershowitz had sex with an underage girl, I fear the story is getting stale. I mean, how many times can you invoke the image of the septuagenarian Harvard law professor romping naked on some private island? (In March, the judge threw out those “lurid” sex charges against Dershowitz.)

Thank goodness a striking new character has emerged to give the story a second wind. And a bold face name to boot: David Boies, reports Reuters.

Boies and his firm are representing Virginia Roberts (also known as Jane Doe 3), who alleges that Dershowitz, Prince Andrew and other luminaries had sex with her when she was a teenager at the behest of billionaire Jeffrey Epstein, a convicted sex offender. (Roberts is also being represented by Brad Edwards and Paul Cassell—see interview with Cassell—whom Dershowitz has countersued for defamation.)

According to a statement by Boies, Schiller & Flexner, the firm is representing Roberts on a pro bono basis:

The firm’s pro bono program focuses on meaningful cases including trying to assist women and children who are the victims of abuse. Boies Schiller & Flexner LLP took on Ms. Roberts’ representation because she was a victim of abuse when she was a minor child.

While Dershowitz has been less than flattering about Edwards and Cassell, Robert’s other lawyers, he’s had cordial relations with Boies. “I wrote him a nice congratulatory note when he did the case of gay rights,” says Dershowitz.

That was back then. Now, the two legal giants are locking horns. Beside the soured personal relationship, Dershowitz makes a much more serious charge: Boies Schiller has a conflicts problem. According to Dershowitz, Boies Schiller partner Carlos Sires in Florida had volunteered to represent him in his defamation suit against Roberts. After delivering a confidential memo to Sires about the matter, Dershowitz said he learned that the firm already represented Roberts.

“I wrote to Sires that you are such a mensch, and I’m sorry you’re in the middle of all this,” says Dershowitz. “But your firm can’t continue to represent [Roberts] because you’ve all read my material.”

Dershowitz says he asked Boies Schiller to recuse itself: “They answered no.” He says, “They are arrogant; they think they’re above the law.” He adds, “they have a long sordid history with conflicts,” citing the firm’s most recent sanction in Boies Schiller & Flexner v. Host Hotels & Resorts, in which the Second Circuit noted that the firm “willfully refused to recognize the obvious conflict” in taking on a client. (Boies Schiller has not responded to our questions.)

Meanwhile, Dershowitz seems a bit offended that Boies is ignoring him. “I’m willing to talk to him, but he won’t talk to me.”

So will the legal drama/soap opera keep on going? Oh, yeah, says Dershowitz. “There’s more coming.”

IMAGE: Diego M. Radzinschi (Boies), Rick Kopstein (Dershowitz)

For more on this story go to: http://www.americanlawyer.com/id=1202724439959/Boies-Takes-on-Dershowitz-in-Sex-Case#ixzz3YWNRypyW